LTS Miller CISD 21 Things iPad Blog: Pedagogy Artifact

To better understand SAMR and Bloom’s Taxonomy, I read the information we were given. I understood it on a basic level, but I needed more examples. I searched for examples for high school and found a Prezi by Jim Cash at:

https://prezi.com/r1-_udbvf6kb/samr-examples/. That took me through the four parts of SAMR with one assignment. That made it easier to apply SAMR and Bloom’s to the videos I watched.

I watched the Chicago, Hamilton, and Zeeland videos on our list. The 9th grade one did not work, so I found one at apple.com that was from Burlington High School. The Chicago video touched me most as it had special needs students going out into the real world with their iPads to help them communicate. The Hamilton video was ironic. The kids talked about using iPads in front of books in the school library. The Zeeland video showed gathering data to put into their iPads. The Burlington video showed how transformative iPads can be in schools.

For Substitution, I used Zeeland students gathering scientific data and putting it into their iPads. It is a step up from writing it down in a journal. This fits with the first step of Bloom’s Taxonomy, which is Remembering. It is just a way to store information for later use.

For Augmentation, I used the Chicago special needs students. They took a field trip to a grocery store. They took their iPads to help them find items for sale. When they checked out with their items, they used iConverse on their iPads to talk with the cashier. This is tied to the Understanding stage of Bloom’s Taxonomy. They could go from picture to real life and from the written to spoken word.

For Modification, I used Burlington High School. The teaches their create their own iBooks to supplement or even replace their traditional texts. These iBooks are interactive. This is the Analyzing and Applying stage of Bloom’s. The teaches take the written word to another level.

For Redefinition, I again used Burlington High School. Students create iMovies and websites to share their knowledge. This is Creating and Evaluating in Bloom’s. Students create projects in the digital world that most certainly did not exist when I was a student in high school.

Here is the list of SAMR and Bloom’s Taxonomy Clips:

Substitution

(Remembering)

Zeeland. :30.

Put data into IPad.

Augmentation:

(Understanding)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EV8M6P9st9Q&feature=youtu.be. (Chicago) 1:37

Special Ed students iConverse

Modification:

(Analyzing, Applying)

http://www.apple.com/education/real-stories/burlington/. 3:00